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THE NINETY AND NINE 



BY 



ELIZABETH C. CLEPHANE. 



DESIGNS BY ROBERT LEWIS. 



ENGRAVED BY WM. J. DANA. 



BOSTON : 
D. LOTHROP & COMPANY, 

1877. 




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By D. LOTHROP & CO. 

1S77. 





THE NINETY AND NINE. 

% There were ninety and nine 
that safely lay 
In the shelter of the fold, 
But one was out on the hills 
away, 
Far off from the gates of gold — 
Away on the mountains wild and bare, 
Away from the tender Shepherd's care. 




ORD, thou hast here thy 
ninety and nine ; 
Are they not enough 
for thee ? " 
But the Shepherd made 
answer: "'Tisof mine 
Has wandered away from me ; 
And although the road be rough 
and steep 
I go to the desert to find my 
sheep." 




UT none of the ransomed 
ever knew 
How deep were the 
waters crossed, 
Nor how dark was the night 
that the Lord passed through 
Ere he found his sheep that was lost. 
Out in the desert he heard its cry — 
Sick and helpless, and ready to die. 




UT in the desert He heard its 



cry 



Sick and helpless, and ready to die. 




I ORD, whence are those 
blood-drops all the way 
That mark out the mount- 
ain's track ? " 
" They were shed for one 
who had gone astray 
Ere the Shepherd could 
bring him back." 
'' Lord, whence are thy hands so rent 
and torn ? " 
" They are pierced to-night by many a thorn." 




But all thro' the mountains, 
thunder-riven, 
And up from the rocky 
steep, 
There rose a cry to the gate 
of heaven, 
i 'f " Rejoice ! I have found my 
'/ sheep!" 

/A And the angels echoed around the throne, 
Rejoice, for the Lord brings back his own 1 " 




ND the angels echoed around 
the throne, 
" Rejoice, for the Lord brings back his own ! " 



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